Nigeria vs Sri Lanka: Annual working hours vs. productivity

Nigeria

2,062 hours per worker

in 2023

Sri Lanka

2,053 hours per worker

in 2023

Nigeria rank

54th

Sri Lanka rank

55th

Annual working hours vs. productivity over time

Nigeria currently reports 2,062 hours per worker against 2,053 hours per worker in Sri Lanka, a difference of 8.56 hours per worker.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 54th and Sri Lanka ranks 55th of 129 countries.

Indicator: Annual working hours vs. productivity
Unit: hours per worker
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 129 places, 4,891 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

This is the average sum of hours worked by employees and self-employed people during each year in a country.